94 XC. CONVOLVULACEX (BAKER AND RENDLE). [ Convolvulus, 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Assaorta, Terracciano, 16, 34,42. Dahlac Archipelago, 
Terracciano, 264, 349; Terracciano 4 Pappi, 615 ; and Midir Island and Achil 
Island, in Hamfila Bay, Terracciano, 148. 
Not seen; apparently closely allied to C. capituliferus, but the seeds of the 
latter are described as puberulous. 
13. C. glomeratus, Choisy in DC. Prodr. ix. 401. Perennial; 
stems many from the hard woody base, long, slender, terete, trailing or 
twining, finely hairy, often scabridulous. Leaves lanceolate to oblong- 
lanceolate, }-1 in. long, base slightly cordate, flattened or obscurely 
cuneate, apex obtuse to acute, mucronulate ; sparsely adpressed pilose on 
both surfaces ; petiole very short. Flowers in dense globose bracteate 
ferruginously hairy heads, on slender peduncles which are generally 
shorter than the leaves; outer bracts large, foliaceous, up to 8 lin. long, 
inner smaller, lanceolate, acute, a little longer than the calyx. Sepals 
ovate-lanceolate, up to 5 lin. long, the 2 outer much larger than-the 
inner, densely clothed with bright brown hairs. Corolla pinkish-white, 
hairy, 6 lin. long. Capsule globose, glabrous, 24 lin. in diam., pale 
brown. Seeds blackish-brown, scabrid.—Wight, Ic. t. 1366; Vatke in 
Linnea, xliii. 518; Terrace. in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, v. 104. C. con- 
gestus, R. Br. in Salt, Abyss. App. lxiv. C. arabicus, Hochst. ex 
Hallier f. in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 100; Capua in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, 
viii. 231. @Zpomea auricoma, A. Rich. Tent. Abyss. ii. 67; Schweinf. 
Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 94. 
Wile Land. Nubia: between Suakim and Hor Tamanib, Lord! Gebel 
Uaratab, near Suakim, Schweinfurth, 2167! Macaur Island, Schweinfurth, 2170! 
Somaliland, Mrs. Lort Phillips! Eritrea: Samhar, near Massowah, Hildebrandt, 
723! Pappi, 1288, 1289. Habab, Terracciano & Pappi, 1290, 1291 ; Hildebrandt, 
584; Assaorta, Terracciano & Pappi, 29. Ketumbal Island, Ehrenberg. Island in 
Howapel Bay, Salt! Dahlac Archipelago, Steudner, 940! Terracciano, 612, 618, 
614. Hamfila Bay and Islands, Terracciano. Abyssinia : ascending to 4000 ft. 
Schimper, 341! 784. Dillon, Roth, 425! 
Var. abbreviata, Terracc. in Ann. Bot. Istit. Roma, v. 105. 
Heads and leaves more crowded. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Achil Island, in Hamfila Bay, Terracciano. 
Also in Socotra, and extending through Syria to North-West India. 
Low growing. 
14. ©. Randii, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1902, 189. Erect, suffruti- 
cose, clothed with silvery silky pubescence; branched from the base ; 
branches slender, about 16 in. long, rising in a tuft less than 1 lin. in 
diam., and densely leafy except at the base. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 
2 to 1 in. long, subobtuse, more densely pubescent beneath ; petiole 
1 lin. long or less. Flowers usually solitary on slender axillary 
peduncles 6—9 lin. long, bearing a pair of small filiform bracts, 2-3 lin. 
long about the middle. Sepals coriaceous, ovate, acute, 5 lin. long, the 
two inner rather shorter; pubescent like the leaves where exposed. 
Corolla funnel-shaped, twice the length of the calyx, silky outside on 
